Harding students going far to help
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA
By LINDA CONNER LAMBECK lclambeck@ctpost.com BRIDGEPORT — When the possibility of spending a spring break in Costa Rica arose, Miguel Rivera remembered the …

Four nations in race to be first to go carbon neutral
Independent - London,England,UK
Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and Costa Rica formally signed up to go zero carbon, joining the Climate Neutral Network launched at the meeting. …

Can you rescue a rainforest? The answer may be yes
Hindu - Chennai,India
ITHACA, New York: Half a century after most of Costa Rica's rainforests were cut down, researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute took on a project that …

Project director, Environmental Performance Index/Yale University
Business News Americas - Santiago,Chile
What was not predictable - and this is the surprise - was Costa Rica and Colombia obtaining fifth and ninth positions respectively in the ranking, …

COSTA RICA NATIONAL SURF TEAM ARRIVES FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN SURF …
Global Surf News - USA
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 20 March, 2008 : - - After a 15-hour highway bus trip, the selected members of the Costa Rica National Surf Team arrived in …

Rainforest Climate Change Sensor Station Goes Wi-Fi
Scientific American - USA
By Larry Greenemeier WIRELESS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM: Researchers at the La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica are constructing wireless access to ...

Teen's heroics save lives in Costa Rica; Classmate, another …
Sudbury Star - Sudbury,Ontario,Canada
A vacation in Costa Rica could have ended tragically if it wasn't for the lifeguard skills of a local teen. Tamsen Lahnalampi, 17, spent the March break in …

Union Fenosa wins 50 MW hydroelectric contract in Costa Rica
Hemscott - London,UK
MADRID (Thomson Financial) - Union Fenosa SA said it has won a contact from the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) for a hydroelectric plant with …

Senegal, Ghana, Costa Rica Top Destination Lists for Young Travelers
ABC News - USA
Middle-schoolers hike the rainforest in Costa Rica instead of attending lakeside summer camps with color wars and marshmallow roasts. …

Bellavista Rainforest Treehouse Community Is Endor on Earth
Gizmodo - USA
Located six miles from Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica, this sustainable rainforest community doesn't have stupid Ewoks or shield generators, but cute monkeys, …

Rare Leatherback Turtles Gain Protection in Costa Rica
National Geographic - Washington,DC,USA
As dawn breaks on Playa Grande, the light reveals shallow sand pits where leatherback sea turtles laid their eggs the night before. This Costa Rican beach, …

Breakfast with toucans
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Costa Rica is famed for its exotic wildlife but my animal encounters at Peace Lodge, one of the country's best-kept secrets, are getting uncomfortably close …

Costa Rica has a subdivision high in the trees
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
"this is what living in a rain forest in Costa Rica is about," says Ablett, 29, a former Toronto realtor who moved to Calgary to tap into the oil patch's …

A false economy?
New Statesman - London,England,UK
At La Iguana - the organic chocolate farm in Costa Rica where I'm staying - many of the fixtures are the products of self-appointed handymen and women. …

Costa Rica is 'a model' for human development
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
It is a model,” said Chopra at a press conference yesterday, explaining the decision to move the event to Costa Rica. He cited the country's environmental …

Costa Rica's beauty abounds
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
By Peter J. Brennan Arriving at our rented beach house in Costa Rica, my family was startled by a giant grasshopper latched onto the screen door. …

Costa Rica Aims to Be 1st Carbon-Neutral Country
National Geographic - Washington,DC,USA
Roberto Dobles, the minister of environment and energy for Costa Rica, calls the race the "carbon-neutral World Cup." His country recently became the first …

Welcome to the jungle
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Courtesy Fnca BllavistaMatt and Erica Hogan vacationed in Costa Rica and fell so in love with it that they bought 310 acres to develop a tree house …

Costa Rica's carbon neutral airline
SmarterTravel.com - USA
Leave it to tiny Costa Rica to up the eco-quotient ahead of the curve. Costa Rican carrier Nature Air has proclaimed itself the world's first carbon neutral …

Costa Rica's Nosara Brims With Monkeys, Turtles, Soft Beaches
Bloomberg - USA
By Peter J. Brennan March 3 (Bloomberg) -- Arriving at our rented beach house in Costa Rica, my family was startled by a giant grasshopper latched onto the …

Natural-product makers learn the rules of the jungle
Taipei Times - Taiwan
By Andrew Martin A member of a hiking group consisting of business executives crosses a shaky bridge in Bosque Eterno de Los Ninos in Monteverde, Costa Rica …

Implementation of CAFTA in Costa Rica delayed until the fall
International Herald Tribune - France
AP SAN JOSE, Costa Rica: Costa Rica doesn't have to implement the Central American Free Trade Agreement with the US until Oct. 1, the president announced …

Costa Rica a real world learning lab for BVU team
Storm Lake Pilot Tribune - Storm Lake,IA,USA
For 20 Buena Vista University students, a three-week midwinter trip to Costa Rica was an opportunity to earn academic credit while being fully immersed in …

Off To Costa Rica
Forbes - NY,USA
Mention Costa Rica at the office cooler or Friday-night beer blast these days, and you're likely to hear that just about everyone either has plans to go, …